Once again the Government Spokesman clarifies that the President of the Republic did not know about the complaints of the Director of the Central Prison before they were made public in response to a statement by the Democratic Party.
In his written statement, Marios Pelekanos said that "in relation to the announcement of the Democratic Party on the allegations made by the Director of the Central Prison Ms. Anna Aristotelous and the unsubstantiated claim that aha "the Government Spokesman admitted today that the Anastasiades government, the Ministry of Justice, the Attorney General, and even the President of the Republic himself, knew about these allegations, were aware of them before the case was made public, but did nothing", I quote below my reports in full in this morning's programme of the third programme of RIK, leaving the conclusions to the discretion of our fellow citizens.
"The President was informed as soon as the matter came to light. With regard to various problems that existed in the Central Prison regarding the cooperation between the Directorate and the Police, yes the President was aware there had even been a meeting on this issue, but the President was not aware and I want to clarify this about the issue that came to light a few days ago.
The President of the Republic was not aware of this particular issue.
The President of the Republic was not aware of this particular issue. The President was aware of various problems that existed in the Central Prison and as I have said earlier they basically concerned the cooperation between the Prisons Department and the Police. They had nothing to do with the issue that saw the light of day."
In fact, in his written statement the Government Spokesman includes a link to the broadcast saying that anyone can listen to the entire statement including the questions that were asked.
The link is provided below and according to Mr. Pelekanou one can hear what he said at 1:23:38 - 1:25:46 .
Morning Timetable 21/06/22 - Cyprus Radio Foundation
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